Question.Can any of the Great Company become
members of the Restitution class?

Answer.We understand that the terms under which
any are begotten of the Holy Spirit are that they renounce,
give up, the human nature.
When God accepts
their consecration and takes such into Covenant relationship
with Himself, He indicates that relationship by
begetting them of the Holy Spirit.
The only class into
which these can come for future life is that of spirit or
heavenly beings.
If they live up to all the terms and
conditions of their sacrifice, then they will have the very
fullest blessing which God has provided for the loyal
and to which He has called them.
But for those who
fail to live up to the highest standardthat of walking
in the footsteps of Jesusthe arrangement seems to be
that they shall at least prove themselves loyal, even if not
to the same degree as their brethren.

This loyalty will be tested in the great time of trouble
through which the Great Company will go.
Then if they
fail to prove their loyalty, apparently they will lose that
life in the Second Death.
But if they give up the earthly
life and manifest loyalty to the Lord, even though they
may never give it up willingly, but merely when brought
to straits, then they will have life on the spirit plane.

The merit of Christ, which has been under embargo,
as it were, must all be released before the Restitution
work can begin.
In other words, the Little Flock must
have been "changed" and the Great Company must have
suffered destruction of the flesh, before the merit can
again be free in the hands of Justice, ready to be given to
the world in Restitution.

Therefore, our answer would be, We cannot expect
the Spirit-begotten ones to pass through the time of
trouble in the end of this Age and to live on during the
Millennial Age; for they belong to the Church of the
First-borns, all of whom must be born before the after-borns
can be brought forth.
The after-borns will be the
world in the Restitution.

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FIFTH SUNDAY CONVENTIONS

Question.Are Fifth Sunday Conventions advantageous?

Answer.We are perplexed how to answer this question,
and must leave the answering of it to each
Class for itself, without any particular advice even.
From some we have heard good reports with blessings
secured.
From others we have had reports to the contrary.
Those who have had practical experience with
these Conventions should decide for themselves.
We
have had no experience in this direction.

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HOW TREAT "THE MENACE"

Question.How should the WATCH TOWER readers
treat "The Menace?"

Answer.This is a free country and everyone has a
right to follow that course which he believes will be most
to the Lord's glory and most to the advancement and the
good of his fellow-men.
The Editor of "The Menace" is merely exercising his rights.
As for the WATCH
TOWER, it pursues a different course without criticizing
others.
Perhaps the Lord may have a work for "TheMenace" for all we know.
Our judgment is that His
work for us is in a different direction and we exhort all
the WATCH TOWER readers to reserve all their might and
physical strength for the promulgation of the Truth as the
Lord has been granting us to see it within the last forty
years in the WATCH TOWER.
It is our mission to preach
the Wordthe Gospel of the Kingdom.
We cannot do
all that we would in this direction, and hence have no
time to devote to other matters, political, social, etc.